FPA Australia Certification Program
Bushfire Planning and Design
The FPA Australia BPAD Certified Practitioner and Certified Business Program has been developed for individuals and businesses delivering Bushfire Planning and Design (BPAD) services.
It identifies practitioners and business entities that meet criteria based on competency requirements, the planning, development and/or building legislation of the relevant state or territory, and the Building Code of Australia, incorporating AS 3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas.
Currently, this is the only program available to benchmark practitioners and businesses providing these services. Certification provides formal acknowledgement by FPA Australia that the practitioner or business meets the criteria of the Certification Program, and an opportunity to be recognised by industry, regulators, fire services, end-users and the community as providers of professional BPAD services.
A key component of the Program is a listing on FPA Australia’s online BPAD Practitioners Register or BPAD Businesses Register, which can be viewed by anyone who is interested in identifying Certified Practitioners and Businesses.
Before submitting an application, check that you are using the current versions of the Certification program documents (they can be downloaded from this Web site). The version number is in the footer of each document. The first four digits are the year, followed by the version number for that year. For example a document with the version number ‘2006:1’ is more recent than a document with the version number ‘2005:3’.
Certification Program documents
General
FPA Australia’s Privacy Policy
Certified Practitioner
Certification Guide for BPAD-D Certified Practitioners
Application Form for BPAD-D Certified Practitioners
Certification Guide for BPAD-A Certified Practitioners
Application Form for BPAD-A Certified Practitioners
Guidelines for BPAD academic evidence
Certified Business
Certification Guide for BPAD-D Certified Businesses
Application Form for BPAD-D Certified Businesses
Certification Guide for BPAD-A Certified Businesses
Application Form for BPAD-A Certified Businesses